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tad

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tad

1 a very small amount

It was a tad windy, but not too cold.

Synonyms of tad

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, smack, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, trace

Words Related to tad

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

Phrases Synonymous with tad

drop in the bucket

Near Antonyms of tad

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

2 a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

Grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad.

Synonyms of tad

boy, lad, laddie, nipper, shaver, sonny, stripling, youth

Words Related to tad

adolescent, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, minor, moppet, teenager, tween, youngling, youngster

brat, gamin, guttersnipe, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper

toddler, tot, tyke (also tike)

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